Brett Z Rubin

brett@brettzrubin.com
Lead, User Interface, Tools and Generalist Engineer
Newport Beach, CA 92660 www.brettzrubin.com

Summary:

11 years professional game industry experience 12 shipped game titles Strong C/C++, debugging and profiling skills Low-level systems and cross-platform programming Understanding of good interface and workflow design Commitment to process, communication and collaboration

Skills:

Languages C/C++ UnrealScript, Kismet, Material Editor ActionScript 2.0/3.0 HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, SQL, PHP C# x86 Assembly PS2 MIPS Assembly MAXScript VBA Software Microsoft Visual Studio, SNSystems, CodeWarrior Unreal Engine 3 Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, FlashDevelop Adobe Photoshop Web: WAMP, Wikimedia, Joomla, WordPress, Firebug, Firefox, IE, Safari, Chrome Version Control: Perforce, TortoiseSVN, AlienBrain, VSS, Code Collaborator IncrediBuild Bug tracking: Mantis, Bugzilla, PR-Tracker, Buggit Microsoft Office WinRAR, FileZilla Platforms PlayStation 2 (PS2) Xbox GameCube (GCN) PlayStation Portable (PSP) Windows PC Flash Web Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 (PS3) Dreamcast Arcade

Experience:

inXile entertainment, Newport Beach, CA Lead Engineer | Fantastic Contraption | www.fantasticcontraption.com C++, Flash, MFC, PHP, SQL Led team of programmers to expand license into the direct download market Integrated Facebook and Twitter code to reach the social media community Redesigned code and appearance of UI to bring popular IP to PC Senior Engineer | Line Rider | www.linerider.com Used object oriented programming to introduce additional riders and cinematics to famous IP Beta 3 and Halloween 2010 versions User Interface Team Lead | Hei$t | PC, Xbox 360, PS3 C++, UnrealScript, Kismet, Material Editor, Photoshop, Yahoo! Widgets Led small team to design and implement UI for open world squad based game on Unreal 3
Freelance 2008 Present Selection of Clients: Web Developer | Women In Games International | www.womeningamesinternational.com Web Developer | Heather Logas | www.beforeyoucloseyoureyes.com Web Developer | Design Direct Deliver | www.designdirectdeliver.com Web Developer | OutsourceRM | www.outsourcerm.com C++ and Flash Developer | Jenkat Games | Shoe-B-Doo, Corner Pocket, Discombobulated, Mr. Biscuits: The Case of the Ocean Pearl High Voltage Software, Inc., Hoffman Estates, IL Senior Programmer | Leisure Suit Larry: Island Tale, 50 Cent: Bulletproof G Unit Edition | PSP Created mini-game system for rapid development and completed 18 in two weeks Reprogrammed memory allocation sequence of third party engine to fit within 32MB retail mode Certification and Localization Lead Engineer | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude 2, Zathura, Codename: Kids Next Door, Operation V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E., Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude | PS2, Xbox, GCN, PC Architected and led small team in coding cross-platform certification and localization solution Educated producers and developers in certification shortcuts and pitfalls Created tools for configuration and target-platform preview of certification technology Documented certification technology design, schedule, progress, personnel and resources Partnered with publishers to expedite certification and localization Engineer | Hunter the Reckoning: Redeemer, Hunter the Reckoning: Wayward, Disneys Stitch: Experiment 626 | PS2, Xbox Coded I/O systems: controller input, vibration, sound effects, memory card Optimized memory usage by aligning class data members and reducing memory fragmentation Midway Games, Inc., Chicago, IL Junior Pipeline Engineer | Blitz 20-02 | PS2, Dreamcast Wrote art pipeline tools for texture mipmapping, data swizzling, geometry stripping and DMA packing Junior Engineer | Blitz 20-02, Slugfest 20-03, Red Card Soccer 20-03 | PS2, Arcade Coded system which used Adobe After Effects output to create animated interface screens Spearheaded standardization of interface across all sports titles to brand Midway Sport Asylum

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, University of WisconsinMadison, Madison, WI

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